(a) Filing Notice of Expedited Appeal. An appeal from an order
terminating parental rights
must be taken by filing a notice of expedited appeal with the clerk of district court within 30
days after entry of the order.

(b) Content of Notice of Appeal. The notice of appeal
must:

(1) specify the party or parties taking the appeal;

(2) designate the order being appealed;

(3) name the court to which the appeal is taken; and

(4) indicate that an expedited appeal is requested.

(c) Motion for Temporary Stay and Specifications of Error. Any
motion for a temporary
stay of the order appealed from while the appeal is pending must be served and filed with the
notice of appeal along with specifications of error specifying the grounds for appeal. Any
stay granted by the district court remains valid only if a temporary stay request is filed with
the supreme court with the notice of appeal. Once the supreme court acts on the stay request,
any district court stay terminates.

(d) Record on Appeal. The record on appeal consists of the record
required by Rule 10(a).
A recording of the proceedings or an agreed statement of the case may substitute for the
transcript.

(e) Briefs.

(1) Filing Time. The appellant's brief must be filed with the notice of
appeal and served
upon the opposing party at the time of filing. The appellee's brief must be served and filed
no later than 1521 days after service of the appellant's
brief.

(2) Extensions. Extensions of time for filing briefs may not be granted
except in the most
unusual circumstances and only for the most compelling reasons in the interest of
justice.

(f) Motions. Any motion, other than a motion for temporary stay, must
be filed within fiveseven days after service of the notice of appeal. Any party may file a response in
opposition
to a motion within fiveseven days after service of the
motion.

(g) Expedited Review. The supreme court must give
priority to appeals under this rule.

(h) Application of Other Rules. To the extent they are not inconsistent
with this rule, all
other rules of appellate procedure apply.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Rule 2.2 was adopted, effective March 1, 2009; March 1,
2011.

All appeals from orders terminating parental rights must be made under
this rule.

Paragraph (e)(1) was amended, effective March 1, 2011, to
increase the time to serve and
file an appellee's brief from 15 to 21 days after service of the appellant's brief.

Subdivision (f) was amended, effective March 1, 2011, to increase
the time to file a motion
from five to seven days.